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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Post your FARR v2 Plugin Idea Requests Here - Plugin Writers Read In

« Last post by Lashiec on July 20, 2007, 04:14 PM »

Oh, my, someone is spamming the forum with smileys and scrolling acronyms. Moderator!

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Find And Run Robot / Re: A long shot: anyone up for creating a fake satire hype video for FARR v2?

« Last post by Lashiec on July 20, 2007, 02:11 PM »

A bit ambitious, but I'm currently exploring the art of brickfilming (making films with LEGO minifigs), and that would certainly be a pretty cool and inexpensive way to shoot this "fight"

-TucknDar (July 20, 2007, 01:37 PM)

Cool! Michel Gondry is a bit out of DC's economical reach, so you have to shoot this spinoff of The White Stripes hit "Fell in Love with FARR"

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Find And Run Robot / Re: A long shot: anyone up for creating a fake satire hype video for FARR v2?

« Last post by Lashiec on July 20, 2007, 01:25 PM »

Since mouser started this thread, I thought that the only possible movie was an animated one, done in Flash. Now app post tells me that the movie is screaming "Rover vs. Cody" from the start. Besides, you could do things in animation not possible with real actors, at least with your budget . I can see Cody flashing around in this upcoming blockbuster

Totally off-topic and harsh, but are the Enso guys getting stupid day by day? Did they try IE 7 lately? And Quick Tabs?

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Free computer help online (tune-ups, customization, etc)

« Last post by Lashiec on July 20, 2007, 01:12 PM »

And CCleaner is more customizable, albeit less secure than CleanUP! (using the default settings that came with the program)

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Living Room / Re: Freeware Independent Game: Cave Story

« Last post by Lashiec on July 19, 2007, 03:01 PM »

Now you're recommending a really really brilliant game. I advise everyone to play it, at least a little. You won't be disappointed. This is an old-school action/platform game at its finest. It wasn't cheered all over the web for nothing. What are you reading? Go play the game, dammit!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Encrypt single file?

« Last post by Lashiec on July 19, 2007, 07:04 AM »

PS:I even unninstalled the trial version of winrar, to install 7zip

-jgpaiva (July 19, 2007, 05:20 AM)

You did WHAT??

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General Software Discussion / Re: Encrypt single file?

« Last post by Lashiec on July 18, 2007, 04:56 PM »

Not really. As you can see, dsCrypt accept both methods.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Encrypt single file?

« Last post by Lashiec on July 18, 2007, 04:36 PM »

You hit the jackpot then . Dariusz Stanislawek has all these tiny programs, with a bunch of them focused in file encryption. All of them are portable, they use encryption standards, and they're recommended by people like Gizmo. I tried most of them in the past, and they worked like a charm. The only problem is choosing one, so pick your poison, but I'd go for dsCrypt, which uses AES, and comes both in GUI and commandline versions.

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General Software Discussion / Re: 16-bit Program under XP - woe, woe, woe is me...

« Last post by Lashiec on July 18, 2007, 08:58 AM »

D'oh! I had the confidence that Dependency Walker could handle 16-bit software

So, you only have the Virtual PC option left... unless you didn't try the "Compatibility" tab in the executable "Properties" page (forgot about that).

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General Software Discussion / Re: 16-bit Program under XP - woe, woe, woe is me...

« Last post by Lashiec on July 18, 2007, 07:04 AM »

I don't have much experience running 16-bit applications in Windows, but you could try to run the software under Dependency Walker. To do this, install the program (ZIP file, so it's quite clean), and select "Profile -> Start profiling", select with the executable of the program and let it run. You could also check all the boxes if you wish. At least, the software would determine if something is missing or not.

And, as always, you have Virtual PC

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General Software Discussion / Re: Seeking opinions about combination antivirus/firewall products

« Last post by Lashiec on July 17, 2007, 02:17 PM »

Yes, I seemed to suggest it, because I didn't try it. If I had some more information about the technologies used by the suite, I could give it the OK, but this is not the case. So if you decide to take the plunge and install it again, tell us how it goes this time.

BTW, remember that antivirus protection is not realtime scanners all the time. Both Kaspersky and ESET (this one is still in BETA phase) have their own online scanners (ActiveX based, so be sure to use IE7 for that for maximum protection).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Am I the only one who hates smooth scrolling?

« Last post by Lashiec on July 17, 2007, 01:52 PM »

I had that mouse (the MX-Revolution) for about a month. Then I got a little pissed that the frigging Logitech drivers kept losing my custom button assignments and dropped it from a little too high, it broke.

-Hirudin (July 16, 2007, 09:23 PM)

You could have dropped it this way, then . Tell me how do you like the scrolling-switch experience

What could you do with Ctrl+Scroll ??  - because I can do nothing! What feature has been / should be / are connected to Ctrl+Scroll?

-Curt (July 17, 2007, 01:27 PM)

Try it on IE 7. You'll see superboyac closer than before . I'm sure the zoom function works in most applications like that.

I still don't get your problems (of almost all posters) with smooth scrolling. I stop where I want to stop, using every navigation method. Who knows? Maybe I have super perception power or something

And what's up with Logitech drivers as well? Mine work like a charm, no slowdowns and not a single problem in three weeks (since I installed them). I'm confused

And talking about Logitech, how about their new Wii-like mouse?

EDIT: D'oh! app beat me by a few minutes!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Am I the only one who hates smooth scrolling?

« Last post by Lashiec on July 16, 2007, 05:20 PM »

Em, as always, I'll go against the current. During quite some time I was using normal scrolling because I thought that the smooth kind was a bit awkward in Firefox. When I switched to Opera, though, I began to use the smooth scrolling again, and I re-enabled it in Firefox. I don't know what was going in my head at the time, but now I think that smooth scrolling is better than the fixed one. The only difference is the graphical effect, but I think the flow control is the same, and the text is easy to read in both types. I mean, who reads text while the screen is scrolling?

I should mention that I switch back and forth between the mouse wheel, Up/Down keys and Pg Up/Pg Down keys depending on my mood

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Guy Tries Ubuntu

« Last post by Lashiec on July 16, 2007, 04:36 PM »

Disregard this, the poor guy got digged

-jgpaiva (July 15, 2007, 09:57 AM)

Quite digged should I say... now I know what kind of article should I write if I create a blog

Personally, I'm not sharing your opinions in the matter... these kind of switching experiences are starting to wear out, and they don't add too much to the Linux testing stories. If at least they took their time to test another Linux distros, it would be a bit more original (and possibly helpful), but everyone is restricting themselves to Ubuntu...

...unlike Zaine, now that was a truly interesting read. BTW, did you compile a list with the 10 reasons for not switching to Linux?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Changing Location of My Documents/Music/etc. in Windows XP

« Last post by Lashiec on July 15, 2007, 12:43 PM »

Installing .NET Framework (version 1.1, with 2.0 and 3.0 it's irrelevant) also creates a new account called "ASP.NET something" that forces the showing of the login screen. You disable it in "System Administration" (or whatever is called that applet in English XP), and you're set. This is on XP Professional, BTW. Not sure about Home Edition. Apart from that, I've never experienced something like the thing you mention.

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General Software Discussion / Re: djvu: an alternative to scanned pdfs?

« Last post by Lashiec on July 15, 2007, 12:28 PM »

As always, Wikipedia sheds some light on the matter. For your PhD papers, doesn't seem to bring much advantage, but for magazines it could be great, and considering the size of some digital magazines, I'll give it my vote. The problem is that, although the format is a free implementation, the available options for a free encoder are not exactly "glamorous" (command-line based tools) and they produce worst results than the commercial options.

Now my dream is being capable of digitalize my entire collection, so I can save some space in the shelves

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Official Announcements / Re: DC-IRLDD #2: DonationCoder Real Life Dinner+Drinks, Sat 7/14, Champaign Illinois

« Last post by Lashiec on July 15, 2007, 11:54 AM »

mouser, I could swap you with my medium brother, and no one will notice the difference

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General Software Discussion / Re: old software + dual core = ???

« Last post by Lashiec on July 14, 2007, 09:18 AM »

Of course it can be improved... if you have a Intel-like lab at your house

I'm afraid the only thing you can do is buy a new processor with a new motherboard as well. I think you don't need a new PC. Bah, until the Core 2 Duo, the entire Intel lineup of processors was terrible.

wreckedcarzz, lower GHz doesn't have to do anything with performance. The improvements in other areas make the dual cores more powerful than their single core counterparts (unless you bought a Pentium D, of course).

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Living Room / Re: Google in Sicko Storm - Welcome to democracy google style

« Last post by Lashiec on July 13, 2007, 07:14 PM »

Oh, it's true! I forgot the politics! Something must be happening in me! Or maybe I have enough politics in my everyday life

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Living Room / Re: Google in Sicko Storm - Welcome to democracy google style

« Last post by Lashiec on July 13, 2007, 06:34 PM »

I should mention that although PR departments in big companies are full of liars, some of the blame should be put on the people for believing downright lies (that's what all ads are about). Sometimes it's because of simple ignorance, but most it's caused by lack of time to properly weight all the alternatives. Media should be doing this job, but they need money to survive, and they lost objectivism time ago. Individuals on the Internet have to cover this hole, but unlike the people around DC, some of them are not trustable anymore. Consumer organizations are also a good, objective group (at least in Spain).

But what do you expect considering the people in charge of everything are being taught the wrong things? The first thing they taught me about economics is that companies pursue the ultimate objective of making the best products of the market. The teacher almost kicked me out of the class, because I was laughing so hard

Good opinions, everyone. My rhetoric can't compete with your well-thought opinions. And to think we are (theoretically) just a bunch of software fanatics

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General Software Discussion / Re: Detecting RootKits

« Last post by Lashiec on July 13, 2007, 06:21 PM »

Because it's free, and it doesn't suffer from the update problems that are plaguing AntiVir. I personally use avast!, but AVG is also a good option, a bit heavy on resources, but it's not Norton (thank God).

And it's not exactly the king of positives.

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Living Room / Re: Why is the 'N' key always the first to go?

« Last post by Lashiec on July 13, 2007, 03:40 PM »

In my case, the keys that started failing were the 'Z', the 'X' and 'Return', sorted from sooner to later.

Zaine, don't complain too much. In my Logitech, the Function keys are really small (which is a nuisance when working with xplorer²) and I don't want to talk about the 'Break' or the 'Supr' ('Delete') keys...

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Living Room / Re: Offering free/open wireless in Germany? You're guilty! Bye Bye Fon

« Last post by Lashiec on July 13, 2007, 03:30 PM »

Hey, what the hell is happening in Germany? Could you actually use your own computer at all, or are they also planning to restrict that? You were not kidding that this is turning into a police state.

On a side note, it seems that Martin Varsavsky is always getting in problems with his enterprises. Oh, and I see creationism is also reaching there. w00t!

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Official Announcements / Re: DC-IRLDD #2: DonationCoder Real Life Dinner+Drinks, Sat 7/14, Champaign Illinois

« Last post by Lashiec on July 13, 2007, 03:23 PM »

Real Life Docoto Defense, folks. Is the game story going to be inspired on the development of this deadly encounter?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Detecting RootKits

« Last post by Lashiec on July 13, 2007, 02:57 PM »

Well, I encountered a brazilian blog that seems to shed some light onto the situation. I'll try to translate it

2 employees working at the USA got recently infected with that virus, a Trojan Horse called SHeur.AFJ. Both of them found the infection using AVG.

And then, after some more chitchat (basically saying what you have commented), he posts this link to other blog. Pretty strange this one if you ask me...

Other of the links of Google it's also quite creepy. Is this a tech meme? A joke? A real trojan? And AVG doesn't list anything in its page...

P.S.: João, if my translation is wrong, feel free to correct

EDIT1: Forget about those two last links. It's a bunch of bastards playing with Google Trends results during a given time... Good thing to redirect traffic to your pathetic site. <paranoid mode>Maybe they created the virus to do that</paranoid mode>

EDIT2: Some corrections